Is anyone else looking forward to Autumn and Winter riding?

Yup, I love propper muddy nightrides. Although I did figure out the other day that the value of my 'winter' gear (i.e. anything I bought specificaly to make riding through till Spring a bit less painfull/miserable/messy) is more than my bike by a considerable margin!

Woke up this morning and opened the door to let the cats out to be greeted by a windy blast with a decidedly cold edge.

Made me despair slightly to be honest. Wet roads, cold roads, darkness, icy uncertainty, thick mud, puddles, mud guards, Dirtworker......you can keep it. I'd much rather it stayed warm and dry; in fact I said as much to my OH yesterday evening when she asked if I was going for a ride after work tonight....

Not a fan of constantly getting covered in mud and sh1t etc. So more road miles is the norm for me.

I've also noticed that when other people say the weather is too grim to do anything, I chirp up with "No such thing as bad weather, just bad choice of clothing." Yet even with a load of decent gear myself, I still find the odd excuse to not get out there.

I love the mud really. I enjoy sticking on the waterproof shorts and winter shoes and sliding around like a mad thing in the woods. I also like the lack of other people, hot tea and rolls mid ride that really warm you through, never over heating and hardly sweating after hours in the saddle. Bike cleaning is no biggie,letting it dry and hoovering it off works well enough. I'm lucky that my local rides aren't clay or claggy just standard earthy mud that comes off in the next puddle. As for the snow is there anything better than snow rides? Utter silence bar the noise of crunch under your tyres. I love the summer but I am really looking forward to the next 6 months. I must be mad but I really do prefer the winter, best of all frozen trails on a sunny winter morning, nothing better.

Yup,Autumn (as long as it's not too wet) is ace and really looking forward to the mid week night rides.

I could do without all the increased layering on the commute and faffing about how much back up to take with me,cape or big jacket,overshoes or boots.
Think I may leave more spare stuff at work this Autumn/Winter so I save carrying so much back and forward.